From pleasure machines to moral communities : an evolutionary economics without homo economicus /

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Author / Creator:	Hodgson, Geoffrey Martin, 1946- author.
Imprint:	Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Description:	1 online resource (xvi, 305 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Economics -- Moral and ethical aspects. Economic man. Economic man. Economics -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11166112

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ISBN:	9780226922737 0226922731 0226922731 9780226922713 0226922715
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	"In From Pleasure Machines to Moral Communities, Hodgson casts a critical eye on neoclassical individualism, its foundations and flaws, and turns to recent insights from research on the evolutionary bases of human behavior. He focuses his attention on the evolution of morality, its meaning, why it came about, and how it influences human attitudes and behavior. This more nuanced understanding sets the stage for a fascinating investigation of its implications on a range of pressing issues drawn from diverse environments, including the business world and crucial policy realms like health care and ecology. This book provides a valuable complement to Hodgson's earlier work with Thorbjørn Knudsen on evolutionary economics in Darwin's Conjecture, extending the evolutionary outlook to include moral and policy-related issues."--Publisher's website.
Other form:	Print version: Hodgson, Geoffrey Martin, 1946- From pleasure machines to moral communities. Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2013 9780226922713

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